Stanislaus County surpassed 1,300 deaths to COVID-19 while continuing to see a drop in hospital cases.

The four deaths reported Friday raised the total to 1,301 residents since April 2020, the county Health Services Agency said.

Positive tests rose by 192 to 75,219. Stanislaus also has 891,573 negative test results and 72,361 people who are presumed recovered.

Other details:

Hospital cases: The county’s five hospitals had 124 patients with confirmed COVID-19 on Friday, compared with 140 on Friday and 300-plus in late summer. Adults in intensive care dropped by one to 33.

Positivity rates: On the state dashboard Friday, where numbers reflect the previous day, the seven-day positivity rate was 7.0%, an increase of 0.9% from the prior seven days. The rolling seven-day rate a month ago was 9.7%.

Vaccines: As of Friday, 83.1% of eligible county residents (those 12 and older) had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 57.1% were fully vaccinated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The county vaccine clinic schedule through Oct. 16:

• Saturday, Oct. 9, Modesto: Public Health Immunization Clinic, 401 Paradise Road, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Pfizer (12+), Moderna (18+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Saturday, Oct. 9, Modesto: Stanislaus County Library, 1500 I St., 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Saturday, Oct. 9, Modesto: Family Day at the Park, Oregon Park, 1525 Oregon Drive, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Monday, Oct. 11, Modesto: Sierra Vista Child and Family Services, 1700 McHenry Village Way, 1-4 p.m., Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Monday, Oct. 11, Ceres: Argus High School Multipurpose Room, 2555 Lawrence St., 2-5 p.m., Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Tuesday, Oct. 12, Modesto: Public Health Immunization Clinic, 401 Paradise Road, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Pfizer (12+), Moderna (18+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Tuesday, Oct. 12, Riverbank: Community Center, 3600 Santa Fe St., 2-6 p.m., Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Tuesday, Oct. 12, Turlock: Pitman High School, 2525 W. Christofferson Parkway, 3-6 p.m., Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Wednesday, Oct. 13, Modesto: Public Health Immunization Clinic, 401 Paradise Road, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Pfizer (12+), Moderna (18+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Wednesday, Oct. 13, Turlock: Assyrian American Civic Club, 2618 N. Golden State Blvd., 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Wednesday, Oct. 13, Modesto: Sierra Vista Child and Family Services, 1700 McHenry Village Way, 1-4 p.m., Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Thursday, Oct. 14, Modesto: Public Health Immunization Clinic, 401 Paradise Road, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Pfizer (12+), Moderna (18+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Thursday, Oct. 14, Ceres: Cesar Chavez Junior High School Multipurpose Room, 2701 Eastgate Blvd., 3-6 p.m., Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Thursday, Oct. 14, Oakdale: Gene Bianchi Community Center, 110 S. Second, 3-6 p.m., Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Friday, Oct. 15, Modesto: Public Health Immunization Clinic, 401 Paradise Road, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Pfizer (12+), Moderna (18+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Friday, Oct. 15, Modesto: Modesto High School Auditorium, 18 H St., 3-6 p.m., Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Saturday, Oct. 16, Modesto: Public Health Immunization Clinic, 401 Paradise Road, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Pfizer (12+), Moderna (18+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

• Saturday, Oct. 16, Modesto: Stanislaus County Library, 1500 I St., 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Pfizer (12+) and Johnson & Johnson (18+)

For more clinic information, click here.

California has administered 51,583,481 vaccine doses as of Friday, according to the CDC tracker. The state ranks 12th in the country, with 130,551 doses per 100,000 residents. Vermont ranks first, West Virginia 50th among the states.

It’s important to note that if you’ve had part or full vaccination, wearing a mask and keeping with all the safety precautions like social distancing in some circumstances is still recommended by the Centers for Disease for Control and Prevention. Also, those who have had COVID-19 still need to be vaccinated.

Case demographics: Here are the breakdowns of the positive tests in Stanislaus County as of Friday:

• 53.1% are female
• 46.9% male
• 10.9% are 14 years or younger
• 16.5% are ages 15 to 24
• 19% are 25 to 34
• 17% are 35 to 44
• 14.3% are 45 to 54
• 11.5% are 55 to 64
• 6.1% are 65 to 74
• 3.1% are 75 to 84
• 1.6% are 85 or older
• Latinos are 49.9% of the positive cases, whites are 31%, Asians are 4.2%, Blacks are 2.4%, and the rest are other groups.

Geographically:

• Modesto has 28,574 positive cases
• Turlock has 9,763
• Ceres has 7,543
• Riverbank has 3,461
• Patterson has 3,248
• Oakdale has 2,613
• Newman has 1,517
• Waterford has 1,037
• Hughson has 865
• Supervisorial District 3 has 3,884
• District 5 has 3,346
• District 2 has 3,052
• District 1 has 1,879
• District 4 has 622

Here’s a look at the numbers from nearby counties:

• San Joaquin County has 1,681 COVID-19-related deaths among 96,869 cases.
  
  
• Merced County has 570 deaths among 41,599 cases.
  
  
• Tuolumne County has 105 deaths among 6,746 cases.
• Mariposa County has 13 deaths among 1,193 cases.

As of Friday evening, there were 4,764,554 confirmed cases in California and 69,820 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. There were 44,285,030 U.S. cases and 712,646 deaths.

This story was originally published October 9, 2021 at 5:34 AM.

John Holland

The Modesto Bee

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John Holland covers agriculture, transportation and general assignment news. He has been with The Modesto Bee since 2000 and previously worked at newspapers in Sonora and Visalia. He was born and raised in San Francisco and has a journalism degree from UC Berkeley.